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Burrinjucosteus

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Burrinjucosteus
Temporal range: Emsian
Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Placodermi
Order: Arthrodira
Suborder: Brachythoraci
Family: Buchanosteidae
Genus: Burrinjucosteus
White, 1978
Species:
B. asymmetricus
Binomial name
Burrinjucosteus asymmetricus
White, 1978

Burrinjucosteus asymmetricus is an extinct buchanosteid arthrodire placoderm. Its fossils have been found in Emsian-aged marine strata of New South Wales, Australia.

Burrinjucosteus asymmetricus is known from scraps of thoracic armor and the skullroof, which suggest a very large, flat animal.

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